galon

See also: galón

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French gallon.

Noun

galon

  1. gallon

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/, [ɡaˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galón

  1. gallon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English gallon, from Old Northern French galun, galon (liquid measure) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (measure of wine), from Vulgar Latin *galla (vessel), possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/, [ɡʌˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galon

  1. a gallon; a unit of volume equal to 3 pints
  2. a jug

Derived terms

  • ginalon

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalon]

Noun

galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume)

Declension

Esperanto

Noun

galon

  1. accusative singular of galo

French

Etymology

From galonner (to braid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

galon m (plural galons)

  1. braid
  2. (military) stripe

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: galloon
  • Italian: gallone
  • Portuguese: galão
  • Romanian: galon
  • Spanish: galón
  • Vietnamese: ga-lông

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

sense 2

Etymology

From Dutch gallon, from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (liquid measure) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (measure of wine), from Vulgar Latin *galla (vessel), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon, first-person possessive galonku, second-person possessive galonmu, third-person possessive galonnya)

  1. gallon:
    1. exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
    2. 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
  2. 5-gallon water jug

Derived terms

  • bergalon-galon

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gallon.

Pronunciation

  • (Medan) IPA(key): [ɡalɔn]

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon, informal 1st possessive galonku, 2nd possessive galonmu, 3rd possessive galonnya)

  1. (Medan) gas station

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.lɔn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alɔn
  • Syllabification: ga‧lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon, from Late Latin galum, galus, from Vulgar Latin *galla, possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Noun

galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume used for liquids)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon m inan (diminutive galonek or galonik)

  1. (military) epaulette, shoulder broad, shoulder strap (military insignia)
    Synonyms: epolet, naramiennik, pagon, szlifa
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • galonowy
verb
  • galonować

Further reading

  • galon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • galon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon n (plural galoane)

  1. gallon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

gàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling га̀ло̄н)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume)

Declension

Swedish

Hon har på sig galonjacka och galonbyxor
barn i galonbyxor

Etymology 1

Genericized trademark from the brand name Galon.

Noun

galon n or c

  1. thick plastic-coated fabric (used in for example rainwear and seats in vehicles)
Declension
Declension of galon 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative galon galonet
Genitive galons galonets
Declension of galon 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative galon galonen
Genitive galons galonens
Derived terms
  • galonjacka (galon jacket)
  • galonbyxor (galon trousers)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon c

  1. (military) a stripe
Declension
Declension of galon 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galon galonen galoner galonerna
Genitive galons galonens galoners galonernas

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/, [ɡɐˈlon]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. gallon
  2. chevron (insignia of military or police rank on the sleeve)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɫon/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative galon
Definite accusative galonu
Singular Plural
Nominative galon galonlar
Definite accusative galonu galonları
Dative galona galonlara
Locative galonda galonlarda
Ablative galondan galonlardan
Genitive galonun galonların

Welsh

Etymology 1

From gâl (enemy) + -on.

Pronunciation

Noun

galon m pl

  1. plural of gâl (enemy)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galon alon ngalon unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalɔn/

Noun

galon

  1. Soft mutation of calon (heart).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
calon galon nghalon chalon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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